Germany’s economy is at a breaking point, and one controversial rule may be responsible - the debt brake. This strict policy, ...

Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats agreed on increasing defense spending by seeking a loosening of the nation's debt brake. They also proposed a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund. Leaders ...

Its strategy is a balancing act ... Baerbock said that Germany must focus more strongly on its economic security. “Companies that make themselves dependent to a large extent on the Chinese ...

Germany's own economy depends on access to affordable power. With geopolitical and climate conditions requiring an urgent transition to renewables, the task now is to develop a politically viable ...

“However, some German companies had hoped that the strategy would provide ... saying it did “not address how Germany can participate in China’s economic growth and innovation capacity ...

The victory of conservative candidate Friedrich Merz in Sunday’s German election has raised hopes that this 69-year-old former corporate lawyer will wave a magic wand and end years of economic ...

The strategy, which is expected to be published ... It also contains a pledge for Germany to spend 2% of economic output on average on defense, according to the summary - a weaker pledge, however ...

Since it was rebuilt after World War II, Germany has been Europe’s main driver of economic growth, becoming an industrial powerhouse known for vast factories and fine-tuned engineering.

Though Germany’s economic data has been suboptimal for some time — the ... resigned amid a dispute over management’s strategy for the business. A few months ago, it seemed like things could hardly get ...

Germany on Thursday published its first and long-awaited China strategy, which was unflinching in its appraisal of Beijing's increasing assertiveness and "unfair practices" but vague on policy ...